A former paraprofessional in the Poudre School District received the maximum sentence after pleading guilty on Jan. 29 to several assault, child abuse and harassment charges.
Poudre School District hopes policy changes will help repair broken trust after employee arrested on suspicion of assaulting 6 students with disabilities on buses.
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Poudre School District officials say they reviewed arrest record from 2012 child-abuse case before hiring bus attendant accused of assaulting 6 students.
Poudre School District has kept police in schools despite efforts from community members in recent years to remove them. How is that decision shaking out following threats and gun violence in other Colorado schools?